Future Directions

Natural Sciences

Drafted by Leilani Miller

In his overarching paper on the mission of Santa Clara University in a globalizing world, Mark Ravissa reminds us that as a Catholic Jesuit University, we must engage in the “pursuit of truth and goodness” in a way that produces leaders of “competence, conscience, and compassion”, who are committed to “fashioning a more humane and just world.” Studies in the natural sciences will provide many avenues for our students to fashion a better world.